Table 1

Characteristics for the 196 men and 184 women from Sweden that participated in the study

Men
 Women


Diabetes
 Diabetes


No (n = 184)
 Yes (n = 12)
 No (n = 174)
 Yes (n = 10)


Mean, median
(5th, 95th%)
 Mean, median
(5th, 95th%)
 Mean, median
(5th, 95th%)
 Mean, median
(5th, 95th%)
Age (yr)



     Current
 60, 59
(49, 75)
 60, 60
(53, 67)
 63, 61
(51, 77)
 64, 64
(51, 74)
     At diagnosis
 -
 52, 52
(30, 62)
 -
 55, 56
(45, 65)
Time since diagnosis (yr)
 -
 9, 5
(2, 26)
 -
 10, 10
(0, 27)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2)



     Current
 28.6, 28.1
(23.5, 35.5)
 29.4, 30.1
(22.4, 33.3)
 27.9, 27.2
(21.3, 35.8)
 30.4, 29.5
(26.6, 41.3)
     At 25 years of age
 23.4, 24.0
(20.0, 28.9)
 26.0, 25.4
(21.3, 32.6)
 22.0, 22.0
(17.9, 26.6)
 23.0, 22.5
(19.7, 26.6)
Exposure (ng/g lipid)



     CB-153
 430, 360
(110, 950)
 670, 560
(360, 1600)
 280, 240
(94, 620)
 300, 230
(110, 810)
     p,p'-DDE
 800, 570
(110, 2100)
 1100, 1100
(390, 2400)
 800, 590
(100, 2300)
 1600, 990
(300, 5300)

Rylander et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2005 4:28   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-4-28